10 АНГЛІЙСЬКА КНИЖКИ ПОВ'ЯЗАНІ ІЗ «HIDE ONE'S LIGHT UNDER A BUSHEL»
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The Wordsworth Dictionary of Idioms
... revealed or discovered: New evidence concerning the recent murder has come
to light. go out like a light (inf) to fall quickly and deeply asleep: / was so tired
when I got to bed that I went out like a light. hide one's light under a bushel to
hide, ...
Elizabeth McLaren Kirkpatrick, C. M. Schwarz, 1993
Hide one's light under a bushel HBttii^Ml ' ^^"Se^^A I've never been either
modest or immodest. I'm open, direct and candid. I'm not going to hide my light in
a bushel basket. (Ed Koch, New York Times) Don't hide your light under a bushel
...
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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition
In fact, however, when they do this, they are consuming sand and gravel to aid
their digestive system. hide one's light under a bushel Show extreme modesty, as
in Even after Paul won the scholarship he went on hiding his light under a bushel
...
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I Never Knew That Was in the Bible
HIDE ONE'S LIGHT UNDER A BUSHEL “To hide one's light under a bushel”
means “to conceal or be too modest about one's abilities or talents.” The origin of
the expression is Jesus' saying in the Sermon on the Mount, “Neither do men
light a ...
... revealed or discovered: New evidence concerning the recent murder has come
to light. go out like a light (inf) to fall quickly and deeply asleep: / was so tired
when I got to bed that I went out like a light. hide one's light under a bushel to
hide, ...
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Dictionary of Christianity
To hide one's light under a bushel. To conceal one's talents; to be self-effacing
and modest about one's abilities. The bushel was measured in a wooden or
earthenware container, hence under a bushel is to hide some thing. Neither do
men ...
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He's the one to hide his light under a bushel. fMJiHSISfll ^nm^tn a • > [jitKtu g <
9M • * A#i#> (v. 15) : "Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel,
but ...
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The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
The word is recorded from Middle English, and comes from Old French boissel,
perhaps ultimately of Gaulish origin. hide one's light under a bushel keep quiet
about one's talents or accomplishments (bushel here is a vessel used as the ...
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The Facts On File Dictionary of Classical and Biblical Allusions
hide one's light under a bushel in which God addresses the prophet Habakkuk as
follows: “Write the vision,and make it plain upon tables,that he may run that
readeth it.”“But thieves from o'er the wall / Stole the seed by night. / Sow'd it far
and ...
Martin H. Manser, David Pickering, 2003
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Cura's supreme English-English-Tamil dictionary: Revised, ...
Heyday Time of greatest prosperity In the heyday of youth, one should try to
amass as much knowledge as possible. • Hide one's light under a bushel Be
modest about one's ability or qualities He wrote a number of fine poems and
stories none ...
D. Gnanasundaram, Various, 2005
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Why I'm thankful I was bullied
One must hide one's light under a bushel. (My bushel looked like a cross between Miriam Margolis and Blackpool Pleasure Beach.) To be ... «The Independent, Листопад 12»
